Christian Politics

I've been waiting a while before tackling this sensitive subject. I was waiting for either a stable user-base, or as in this case, a user-base of 1, before deciding to talk about Christians and politics. Nothing divides a room faster than religion and politics, and mixing these two volatile mixtures into one is like mixing nuclear waste with ebola. Not a very pleasant combination. So, here's a fair warning. Feel free to disagree with me, and that's ok. You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong I think you are. I kid, I kid!

I'm going to be talking about this article, so please read it before continuing. Don't worry, I'll wait for you. I'm very patient.

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So, what do you think of it? Ok, that's good... you do realize I can't really hear you? You can always comment though! But, here's my take on it.

The Christian Right give all of us Christians a bad name. There, I said it. I'm not quite sure how it happened, but since when did us, Christians, become so thin-skinned? Why can't we laugh at ourselves? Throughout most of the NT, the early Christians had endured torture, beatings, hangings, stonings. And yet we, in the modern world, can't handle jokes? That's pretty sad of us. So now, if something offends us, not only do we boycott the program, we have to make such a big public outcry about it. It's displayed as news, thinly disguised as an example of how "the Morals" of America are going in the bucket. Oh, boo hoo. Seriously, it's not TV, or a play or a cartoon that is corrupting the youth. Believe me, the youth have been corrupted since they were born. We've been corrupted since Adam and Eve ate the apple.

While it's true, the squeakiest wheel gets the oil, it also annoys the other wheels as well and gives all the wheels a bad name. For me, I think it's time that we provide a balance to the Christian perspective. As the article says, not every Evangelical is politically-active and goes to large Churches, which are often run more as a business rather than a body of Christ. There are those of us who are just regular people, nurses, engineers, bus drivers who just happened to be Christians. We aren't a political demographic to be catered to, nor are we an advertising audience that needs to be catered to. We are every day people, who believe in one God. We enjoy the same movies as other people do, we watch the same TV, and enjoy playing the same games as others.

That's why I always shake my head, when I hear about a "Christian-themed" movie, or a "Christian-themed" game. That's when I know the media producers just don't get it. You don't need to lure us with a Christ-centered theme. Alll it has to be is well-made and we'll go see it. Next time, I will really talk about those "Crazy Christians".